Commando Archive
Thread: cough...ahem...Anyone miss me? What have I missed?
Ivoni wrote:
I'm not asking to be a god.
I'm asking to be a commando. Bringer of the BOOM.
You know, the one with only 40 shots and then you have to buy a new rocket launcher? How many shots in a laser rifle eh? And just how many skill points do they have left over.
Unlike our class which leaves you with 71 skill points after mastery but no terrain skill so it ends up being 58 I think (been a while sorry).
That entire thread ticks me off to no ends.
WHY? Because from Day ONE in EQ, classes had specific pros and cons. Granted as time went along some were improved or changed. My favorite class got ripped a new one and really never recovered.
But they had their roles.
What pray tell is the role of the squad leader? (snicker)
The Ranger?
Want me to go on?
If SOE simply got their act together and put out the bible of who is what and told the whiners to shove it, life would be grand.
But we are supposed to be the elite combat unit. **edit** is the point of all the prereq's otherwise?
It's not like we don't have our Cons.
16m specials.
Expensive and short lived consumables.
Only 3 types of non consumed damage types.
I'm willing to have Cons, but I'm sick to death of having crap for Pros (of which we have none now btw)
I love you.
No seriously now. Maddogs right, we havent seen this fire in us for a while, possibly because we have been slamed more and more while we really need some fixes.
See, we get nerf after nerf and people still complain about us, even when we are outdamaged DPS anymore. Heck, firing our reggular shot almost does as much DPS as using our specials when you look at the built in delay without the burn at its original luster and thats just wrong.
We are limited to 16m and the biggest delay between specials so if you come into 16m of us and we connect with possibly the lowest accuracy mods in the game you should die in one hit, seriously it should hurt worst than anything in the game. That leaves us the con of still being kited but the pro of ruling close combat but leaving a chance as we are not all that acurate.
This is not to say I dont think we should have some 64m weapons and specials. Thats where the LP and Acid RIFLE should come into play. I do see where acid would do an acid burn but Im thinking more of 64m AP3 on this one and the LP for the damage after the nerf could easily be AP2 or at least AP1 and should be a commando weapon for real, not a novelty pistoleer weapon. We need a lot of blast damage capabilities IMHO for us to really be commandos and 30 shots of a RL for 50k just doesnt do it, not at that accuracy, not to mention its not the price as much as scarcity.
It truly is good to have you back Ivoni. I was a noob to the forums right as you left and your words helped me out a lot to understanding and being a commando. I guess now I can finally thank you.
/thank
Then we could roleplay duelling scenarios.
/salute aMasterPistoleer25832
/kneel
/aim
Ivoni is knocked down
Ivoni is incapacitated.